BUCHAN NESS LIGHTHOUSE, BODDAM, ABERDEENSHIRE, SCOTLAND.

            THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1827 ON A SMALL ISLAND, WHICH IS REACHED BY A SMALL BRIDGE FROM THE VILLAGE OF BODDAM. BUCHAN NESS LIGHTHOUSE IS IN FACT THE MOST EASTERLY LIGHTHOUSE AND POINT IN MAINLAND SCOTLAND.
THE TOWER IS CONSTRUCTED FROM LARGE BLOCKS OF LOCAL GRANITE AND STANDS 35 METRES IN HEIGHT. THE GALLERY AROUND THE TOP OF THE TOWER IS DECORATED IN A STYLE SIMILAR TO THE EGYPTIAN STYLES USED AT ARDNAMURCHAN POINT AND COVESEA SKERRIES. 
AT THE BASE OF THE TOWER IS A SEMI-CIRCULAR TOWER, GIVING ACCESS FROM THE OUTSIDE, AS WELL AS DIRECTLY FROM THE KEEPER'S HOUSE, UNLIKE SOME STATIONS AT WHICH THE TOWER IS SEPARATED. BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES IS A COURTYARD WITH A HIGH WALL TO PROTECT IT FROM THE WIND. 
THE TOWER WAS LEFT AS NATURAL STONE-COLOUR WHEN IT WAS BUILT, BUT IT WAS PAINTED IN 1907 WHITE WITH A BROAD RED BAND HALF WAY UP, GIVING ITS DISTINCTIVE DAYMARK. THE LIGHT CURRENTLY GIVES 1 WHITE FLASH EVERY 5 SECONDS, GIVING A BEAM VISIBLE FOR OVER 28 NAUTICAL MILES.
THERE ARE 166 STEPS TO THE LANTERN ROOM, WHICH WAS EXTENDED OUTWARDS TOWARDS PETERHEAD SLIGHTLY IN 1978, TO ALLOW FOR THE RANGE OF THE LIGHT TO BE INCREASED IN THAT DIRECTION WITHOUT THE REMOVAL OF THE 1910 TO DIOPTRIC LENS SYSTEM, WHICH REMAINS IN PLACE TODAY. AT THIS TIME, THE LIGHT WAS ALSO ELECTRIFIED. 
A RACON RADIO BEACON REPLACED THE FOG HORN AT THE LIGHTHOUSE IN 2000, ALTHOUGH IT REMAINS IN PLACE. THE FOG HORN WHICH IS SEEN TODAY REPLACED AN EARLIER ONE, WHICH LIKE OTHER FOG HORNS PICKED UP A NICKNAME; THE BUCHAN COO. THE RACON BEACON, WHICH AIDS SHIPS DURING WEATHER IN WHICH THE LIGHT CAN NOT BE SEEN, TRANSMITS A SIGNAL WITH A DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER, WHICH ENABLES THE VESSEL TO GAIN AN IDEA OF LOCATION; IT IS MOUNTED ON THE GALLERY ABOVE THE EMERGENCY LIGHT, WHICH IS FORMED OF SEVERAL LED UNITS. 
TODAY, THE LIGHTHOUSE REMAINS FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND IS REMOTELY CONTROLLED FROM EDINBURGH, WHILST THE KEEPER'S HOUSES, WHICH ARE NOW SURPLUS TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE BOARD HAVE BEEN SOLD OFF TO PRIVATE OWNERS WHO RENT THE COTTAGES AS HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION.

   

Taken on: September 11, 2019

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Camera:	NIKON D800
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